Easter

I am still here! Amazingly wordless lately. Things in my head to write but not much motivation or time to get here and write....so here is Easter mostly in pictures....
It was a bittersweet Easter this year.
The kids are older.
Which means the Easter Bunny did not come this year. They did still want to dye the eggs though, which was wonderful for me. :)
WE had been so busy the weeks leading up to Easter, and J did not heed my nagging, so we left home without Easter baskets and I had not done one bit of shopping.
The entire holiday just felt rushed and intentional. We did what we are "supposed" to do. Not much though to it, and not much feeling. I hated that...
but these faces can cure me anytime.

What is up with the hand gesture continuing into every picture we take, I do not know, but I was relieved when we were in NY two weeks ago that she is not the only one that does it. Drives me nuts, but I am not the one that will look back in 10 years and say, "why the heck did I have to do that in every picture?!"

J and his parents. Love the picture. We don't get many oppotunity for it. :)
J is trying to talk them into moving closer, or perhaps in with us.

Crafty colorful goodness.

And this is always what happens when I try to get a nice picture of my darling.
We had just gotten back from a REALLY nice dinner out. (thanks Maw for letting us get out!) Yummy Italian place outside of Albany. I had Gorgonzola Salmon over orzo that I will desperately trying to copy until I get it right.
Lots of thoughts I am trying to put together in a sensible way....so maybe some real meaningful posts to come. Who knows.